The other states served notices are Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Karnataka.

The petition filed by Congressman Tehseen Poonwala follows in the wake of national outrage and uproar in the Rajya Sabha over the attack on five Muslims in Alwar, Rajasthan last Saturday by self-appointed “gau rakshaks”. One of the victims, Pehlu Khan, 55, succumbed to his injuries.

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The apex court has called for a detailed reply on the Alwar lynching within three weeks. The next date for hearing is scheduled for May 3.

According to reports Pehlu Khan and others were daily farmers and not cow smugglers. They had documents to show that the cows were purchased at a Jaipur fair and were being transported to Haryana, the home state of the victims.
    
 

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Naqvi’s comments that “No such incident took place as described by opposition in the house” triggered angry protests from opposition parties in the parliament.

According to NDTV, while responding to opposition protests in the Rajya Sabha, Naqvi said the state government had denied the incident.

Angry Congress’s Ghulam Nabi Azad, “The minister is ill-informed. Indian and Foreign press has written that man was beaten to death.”

When asked if he wanted the prime minister and the Rajasthan chief minister to speak on Pehlu Khan’s murder, his brother said, “We are helpless people. We want them to speak, we will listen. What else can we do but listen?”

Meanwhile, Indian Express revealed that the victim was a dairy farmer and not cow smuggler as alleged by the right-wing terrorists and reported by media.

Pehlu, according to the report, was hoping to increase milk production during Ramzan. But on Saturday, he decided to buy a milch cow instead, as the seller extracted 12 litres of milk in front of him and offered him a good deal. That decision cost him his life.

A group of right-wing terrorists had killed Pehlu on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan’s Alwar district.

Police said that others, who were attacked, were either undergoing treatment in hospital or had been taken in judicial custody.

In contrast, the attackers have not yet been arrested. The police said they had filed a case of murder against six individuals and 200 unknown people.

Shockingly, local reporters working for national TV channels were aware of the incident, which took place on 4 April, but the senior editors were reluctant to carry the news because of its adverse impact on the state’s BJP government led by Vasundhara Raje.

One reporter, who was one of the first journalists to get hold of the video, said, “Our editors weren’t keen to run the story in the beginning. My sense was that they didn’t want the BJP government’s image to be dented.”

Raje’s home minister, GC Kataria, had justified Khan’s murder saying that both the victim and the murderers were at fault.

He told ANI, “Both sides are guilty particularly when you know cow smuggling is unlawful. There are laws against it.”

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Self-appointed Gau Rakshaks belonging to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal mercilessly thrashed five Muslims in Alwar district in Rajasthan who with documentary evidence of cows purchased from a cattle fair were transporting them to their home state Haryana on Saturday evening.

Of the five seriously injured and hospitalised, 55-year-old Pehlu Khan succumbed to his injuries on Monday evening. The incident took place on the National Highway 8.

The police said the Muslims were attacked even though they showed documents to establish they had purchased the cows legitimately. No arrests have reportedly been made so far.

Sabrang India has received purported video clips of the attack which were reportedly posted on Facebook by one ‘Raj Hindu Santoria’ from Bahror, Alwar Rajasthan. (https://www.facebook.com/rajyadav84).

The links to the video given below were deleted yesterday afternoon.

https://www.facebook.com/rajyadav84/videos/754411514726728/

https://www.facebook.com/rajyadav84/videos/754412194726660/

https://www.facebook.com/rajyadav84/videos/754412494726630/

Ramesh Chand Sinsinwar, SHO of Bahror police station told the Indian Express: “Gau rakshaks affiliated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal stopped four vehicles, near Jaguwas crossing on National Highway 8, on Saturday evening, alleging that they were illegally transporting bovines. These vehicles were coming from Jaipur, and were headed towards Nuh district in Haryana.

While the assailants targeted the Muslims they let go one of the drivers, Arjun, as he was a Hindu. For Pehlu Khan the attack proved fatal. His body was handed over to family members after post-mortem.

“We were returning from a Saturday fair in Jaipur. I had bought two milch cows for Rs 75,000, and I had all the valid documents with me. We were not even trying to hide the cows, as we were taking them in a pick-up truck. At around 6 pm on Saturday, the gau rakshaks stopped our vehicle and asked us our names. They allowed our driver, Arjun, to leave,” Azmat, 22, who was with Khan in the pick-up truck told the Indian Express.

Azmat and the three others who were injured — Irshad, Aarif and Rafiq — returned to Nuh on Tuesday, alleging that they did not receive proper care at the Kailash Hospital in Behror in Alwar. “Everyone at the hospital was looking down at us… Pehlu died because he didn’t receive proper care,” alleged Azmat’s brother, Yusuf, 35.
 

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